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(No Model.)

J. B. WOOD. GATE PoR RAILWAY GARS.

' N0. 418,362.Y Patented 1360.31, 1889.

UNITED STATESV PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN B. IVOOD, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

GATE FOR RAILWAY-CARS..

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 418,362, dated December31, 1889.

Application filed November 22, 1889. Serial 110.331.237. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOHN B. WVOOD, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented anew and'useful Improvement inY `the other, so that when the gate isthrown back to its open position it will rest between the door and thecorner of the car and when closed will be near the top of theplatformsteps, thus forming a perfect guard and protection. Y

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the gate in its closed position.Fig. 2 is an edge elevation of the same from the front. Fig. 3represents a top view of the gate ywhen closed, and Fig. 4 is a top viewof the gate when in its opened position. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are detailviews illustrating the mechanism of the locking-catch.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the end of the car; B, thesteps; C, the platform; D, the hand-rail at the forward end of theplatform, and E the hand-rail rat the corner of the car. Thegate-support-ing-bar G is loosely held in the bearings a a, attached tothe end of the car, and is provided with the projecting arms b h, to theends of which the gate F is pivoted, the said gate, as shown in thedrawings, being made to extend each way from the pivoting-points c c.The brace H is pivoted to the gate at the point d and extends obliquelyto the bracket e, which is attached to the end of the car, and may bepivoted to the said bracket; or the end of the brace H may be extendeddownward and passed through suitable bearings in the brackets e and c',so as to form a suitable hand-rail E at the corner of the car. The arm bof the swinging support G (shown enlarged in Fig. 7) is provided with anupwardly-projecting pin f, which is cut awa-y at one side to form anotch g, and within a recess h at the upper side of the arm b is placedthe upwardly-proj ecting spring t', which is adapted to enter the hole jin the under side of the catch I. The catch I is placed upon the pin f,so that the said pin will enter the socket-opening K with the upper endof `the spring 'i in the hole j, and the catch I is retained upon thepin f by means of the screw fm', the point of which enters the notch gin the side of the pin, and the turning movement'of the catch I in onedirection upon the pin f will be resisted by the resilience of thespringt. The catch Iis also provided with the opposite notches a a', thenotch n serving to engage with the pin o', which extends downward fromthe arm t at the rear edge of the gate, as shown in Fig. 1, and thenotch n to engage with a pin o upon the under side of the top rail p ofthe gate, as shown in Fig. 4, and the resilience of the spring i servesto hold the notches n and a' in engagement with the gate, the catch Ibeing also provided with a short arm q, by means of which the catch canbe thrown back to release the gate, the inclined face r of the catchserving to allow the same to be automatically thrown into engagement.The arm b is also provided with the stop s, which serves by engagementwith the side of the top rail p tO stop the closing movement of thegate.

' l/Vhenever it is desired to open the gate from its closed position,(shown in Figs.. l, 2, and 3,) the catch I is to be thrown back from thepin o by means of the arm q and the released rear edge t of thev gatethrown outward by the outward turning of the pivoted support G, whichwill cause the inward movement of the front edge u of the gate by theresulting swinging movement of the pivoted brace H until the gate isbrought to the position shown in Fig. 4, with the catch I in lockedengagement with the pin D. In closing the gate F from the position shownin Fig. 4 the catch I is to be thrown back to release the pin 0 from thenotch 'a'. Then, by swinging the support G inward the front edge a ofthe gate will be carried outward, while the rear edge of the same willbe carried inward until the pin o at the rear edge t of the gate comesinto locking engagement with the notch n of the catch I, as shown inFig. 3.

It is to be understood that I do not limit my invention to a gate whichextends rear Ward from the pivoting-points c c, as the front portion ofthe gate can be made to have a rear edge at or near the pivotingpoints,as shown by the dotted lines V, and in this case the space between thehorizontal arms b b of the swinging support G can be provided with awire-netting, if desired, as is shown in the pivoted front portioncf thegate, or can be otherwise iilled in in any suitable manner.

I claim as iny inventionl. A gate for railway-cars or other pu rposes7site to that of the other, substantially as described.

2. A gate forrailWay-cars or other purposes, jointed to aswinging-support and to a pivoted brace, and provided with aspring-oper- I scribed.

A JOHN B. WOOD. Witnesses:

JOHN F. MURRAY, SOCRATES SoHoLFIELD.

